Why America Stopped Thinking About the Future with Ari Wallach
About this episode
Ari Wallach discusses the implications of the U.S. government's cancellation of its long-range forecasting program and the importance of foresight in decision-making.
Futurist Ari Wallach joins Intel at the Edge to discuss why the U.S. government canceled its long-range forecasting program — and what it costs us. From scenario planning and megatrends to AI, loneliness, and narrative warfare, Wallach makes the case for embedding foresight into how America thinks and acts. Wallach is the founder of Long Path Labs and the former host of the PBS television series "A Brief History of the Future." He has advised the Department of State, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and consulted on strategic foresight — the discipline of mapping not just what is likely to happen, but what could happen, and how to recognize the early signals that tell you which future is taking shape.
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